Drum



H. G. STATHOPOULOS.

DRUM.

APPLICATION man FEB.17,1920.

' Patented De@ 14, 1920.

UNITEDy STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DRUM.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

Application filed February 17, 1920. Serial No. 359,341.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARRIS G. STA'rHo- PoULos, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven, State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drums;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in drums andparticularly to toy drums.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved drumwhich can be easily played by a child, and which includes a cymbaladapted to be operated by the child.

Another object is to provide a novel and improved device of thischaracter which is simple in construction and which can be easilyapplied to the ordinary drum, whether of the toy or professional type,without modilcations of the drum.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a drum equipped with my improvement.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the drum strikerguide, the cymbal, the striker for the cymbal, and the portion of thedrum to which the invention is attached.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a drumwhich includes the curved wall, the hoops or rings 11 and 12, whichclamp the heads, and the head tightening cords 13. Secured to the outertop and bottom rings of the drum, and extending longitudinally of thedrum, is a metal bar 14, to the intermediate portion of which is securedthe upwardly extending post 15. Secured on the outer end of the post isa cymbal shell 16, the use of which will be presently referred to.Secured on one end of the bar 14 is an angle strip of metal 17, theportion of which extends away from the drum being formed with alongitudinal slot 18. Slidable on the post is a block 19 in which isscrewed one end of an angle arm 20. The other end of this arm isdisposed adjacent the head 21 of the drum in position to strike the samewhen moved by the cord 22 attached thereto. The horizontal portion ofthis arm 20 is dis osed through the slot 18 of the metal strip 1 Thestriking end of the arm 20 is provided with a spherical head 23.

Encircling the post, between the metal bar 14 and the block 19, is acoil spring 24 which normally exerts upward force against the block tohold the striking arm 20 out of contact with the head of the drum. Theopening through the block, which receives the post therethrough, isslightly widened at the upper and lower ends to permit the block to rockon the post when the arm 20 is moved by the cord 22.

Slidably mounted on the post, adjacent the cymbal shell, is a secondblock 25, into one side of which is screwed an outwardly extending arm26, said arm having at its outer, end a spherical head 27 for strikingthe cymbal shell. A Vcoil spring 24 is disposed around the post betweenthe block 19 and the block 25, and serves to hold the block 25 yieldablyin its uppermost position on the post. A cord 27 is secured to the arm26 and is adapted to be pulled down and released to cause the arm 26 tostrike the cymbal. The cymbal shell is formed with a central opening 28through which the upper threaded end of the post is disposed, nuts 29and 30 being engaged on the post, above and below the shell, to firmlyclamp the same on the post.

The drum is suspended around the neck of the player by means of theusual cord 31, and as the player walks he pulls first one cord and thenthe other to produce a tapping on the drum or on the cymbal, as desired,or he may pull both cords at the same time to produce the tapping of thedrum and cymbal at the same time.

The opening through the upper block 25 is formed similarly to that ofthe block 19, so as to permit the rocking thereof on the post under theaction of the cord.

The entire device is capable of attachment to the ordinary drum, bymeans of the bolts 32 passed through the ends of the bar 14 and theoutermost of the upper and lower rings of the drum.

IVhat is claimed is:

1. A cymbal and drum beating device comprising a bal' adapted forattachment to the end rings of a drum, a post mounted 0n the ba7 acymbal shell mounted on the outer end of the post, a drum striking meansresiliently and rockably supported on the pest, means for actuating thedrum striking means, a cymbal striking means resiliently and iockablysupported on the post, and means tol' actuating the cymbal strikingmeans.

2. An attachment for a drum comprising a bar, a post secured to andextending from the bar, a cymbal shell secured to the outei1 end of thepost, a pair of blocks slidably mounted on the post, springs on the postbetween the blocks and between one of the blocks and the bai,respectively, a cymbal stiiking arm carried by the outei1 block, a drumstriking arm carried by the other block, and means cairied by the armsand operable manually for actuating the striking arms.

In testimony whereof, I afIiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HJLRRIS G. STATHOPOULOS. Ttliesses ULIUS MATXLL, LORENA MADOW.

